Digital Transformation

Johnson Controls, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratories (NREL), recently launched a new Building Data Donation campaign. The program is designed to encourage existing Johnson Controls Enterprise Management Read More

The City of West Hollywood’s Innovation Division has received the American Planning Association Technology Division’s Smart Cities Award for the “WeHo Smart City” strategic plan. In a statement, the city said: “The WeHo Smart City Read More

The University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Providence Asset Group (PAG) and the Tamworth City Council for a three-way collaboration to conduct a trial exploring Read More

At its most basic expression, smart cities are ultimately about using connected technology to solve problems. And as the world urbanizes and more people pour into cities, municipalities are dealing with more than their share. Read More

The Greater Washington Board of Trade, the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG), and the Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area, have formed the Greater Washington Smart Region Movement – a public-private partnership Read More

In line with their recent commitment to ‘Vision Zero’ – an international initiative to eliminate traffic fatalities and serious injuries – the cities of Cambridge and Somerville in Massachusetts have partnered with Draper and Miovision Read More

On August 7, 2018, several hundred people gathered in an auditorium at the University of Wisconsin Parkside (UW-P), for the Wisconsin Idea Smart Future Summit. It was there that I got to know the incredible Read More

The city of Los Angeles, California will transition from its original mainframe to the California Department of Technology’s (CDT) State Data Center. The three-year, $10.5 million agreement, which has an option for a three-year extension, Read More

As part of the as part of the new Urban Data Project, Smart Cambridge and researchers from the Cambridge Center for Smart Infrastructure and Construction (CSIC) are working to create a digital twin of the Read More

Gregory McCarthy has been appointed the City of Boston’s first Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). McCarthy will lead the Cybersecurity Team within the Department of Innovation and Technology. As CISO, McCarthy will continue to lead Read More